Dealing with Conceptualisations of Learning: Learning between Means and Aims in Theory and Practice

Qvortrup, Ane (Editor) / Wiberg, Merete (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9463510273 / ISBN 13: 9789463510271

Published by Sense Publishers, 2017

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154 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.63 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dealing with Conceptualisations of Learning: Learning between Means and Aims in Theory and Practice
• Publisher: Sense Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9463510273
• ISBN 13: 9789463510271
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.23 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book addresses the multiple aims/means structure in educational processes of learning. Learning happens everywhere. When dealing with learning in educational contexts, means and aims always have both a normative and an instrumental content. Furthermore, learning always actualises itself in terms of methods and targets and must be viewed from a teacher’s as well as a student’s perspective.
The book deals with learning by using ‘means’ and ‘aim’ as metaphors and analytical categories. As a mean, learning is the description of ‘something which happens in a process’. As an aim, learning is the description of a kind of expertise, which might be the result of a learning process. In order to get an analytical grip of learning as a phenomenon in teaching and within student/teacher interactions, the book conceptualises and discusses the multiple aims/means structure, which we assume characterises processes of learning that involve a teacher and a student.